Template:Copypaste
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This template will add tagged articles to Category:Copied and pasted articles and sections. If you have strong reason to believe that the source material is copyrighted, please instead follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Copyright problems.
- This template is a self-reference.
- Please do not subst: this template.
Syntax
To place this template, simply add {{Copypaste}} to the top of the suspect article or section. You may optionally include 3 arguments – one showing the date the tag was added, a second specifying whether it is an entire article or just a section that is suspect, and a third linking to the url you believe contains the original text.
For example:
{{Copypaste|section|url=https://example.org|date=October 2025}}produces:
| This section may have been copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. (October 2025) |
Parameters
|date=: the date the tag was added|url=: the URL believed to contain the original text|1=(or an unlabelled parameter): text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
Tracking categories
Redirects
{{Plagiarized}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Copypaste
Use this template to indicate that an article may be substantially copied and pasted from another location, possibly in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
| URL | url | The URL believed to contain the original text
| String | suggested |
| Type (e.g., section) | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
See also
- {{Backwards copy}} – to show a source has copied Wikipedia, not the other way around